Zabriskie Quartzite
Stratigraphic range: Lower Cambrian

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Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, the locality after which the formation is named.

Type| Geologic formation
Underlies| Carrara Formation
Overlies| Wood Canyon Formation
Thickness| 0–2,000 feet (0–610 m)[1]
Lithology
Primary| Quartzite
Location
Region| Inyo County, California, Nye County, Nevada
Country| United States
Type section
Named for| Zabriskie Point

The Zabriskie Quartzite is a Cambrian Period geologic formation of the northern Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada.[2][3]

It is named for its occurrence at Zabriskie Point, located on the eastern slopes of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Geology
* 2 Paleobiota
* 2.1 Ichnogenera
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Geology

The lower unit is defined by the Resting Springs Member, the upper unit by the Emigrant Pass Member.[3]

It overlies the Wood Canyon Formation, and underlies the Carrara Formation.[4]

The Quartzite is mostly massive arid granulated due to shearing, in beds 0.5–2 feet (15–61 cm) thick within the park,[2] and up to 984 feet (300 m) elsewhere.[4]

## Paleobiota

The Zabriskie Quartzite contains a wealth of Skolithos trace fossils, although no other fossils have been reported from this formation, despite the underlying and overlying formations containing fossil material.[1]

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Color key
| Taxon | Reclassified taxon | Taxon falsely reported as present | Dubious taxon or junior synonym | Ichnotaxon | Ootaxon | Morphotaxon

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Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

### Ichnogenera

Genus  | Species  | Notes  | Images

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Skolithos[1] |

* Skolithos sp.

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## See also

* Cambrian California
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
* Paleontology in California

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stewart, J. H.. "Upper Precambrian and Lower Cambrian Strata, in the Southern Great Basin California and Nevada". Geological Survey Professional. https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0620/report.pdf.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NPS.gov: Geologic Formations in Death Valley National Park
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 GSA Bulletin: "Depositional and sequence stratigraphic framework of the Lower Cambrian Zabriskie Quartzite: Implications for regional correlations and the Early Cambrian paleogeography of the Death Valley region of California and Nevada"; by Anthony R. Prave.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Springer.com: "Tidal Deposits in the Zabriskie Quartzite (Cambrian), Eastern California and Western Nevada"; John J. Barnes, George deVries Klein.

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